The FIVB Volleyball World League is set to begin on
May 23 with the Finals taking place in Florence, Italy from July 16 to 20.

The excitement
and action of the World League is set to get more intense this year as the 25th
edition of the FIVB World League sees the competition increase from 18 to 28
teams split into seven pools of four teams each.

It is the first
time the FIVB’s premiere event will feature such a large number of teams having
had 16 teams from 2001-2003 and 2006-2012. The World League featured eight
teams in its inaugural year in 1990, 10 in 1991, 12 from 1992-2000 and 2004-05
and then 18 in the 2013 edition.